Senior Developer - Vulcan
5 days ago
Houston
Job DescriptionSynMax is a pioneering geospatial data analytics company built on the principle of "Why guess when you can know." We deliver AI-powered intelligence to the maritime and energy sectors, transforming satellite imagery, AIS feeds, and market data into actionable insights through our platforms: Hyperion (energy intelligence), Theia (maritime domain awareness), Leviaton (LNG tracking), and Vulcan (power monitoring).With offices in Houston and London, we're a diverse team of engineers, data scientists, intelligence analysts, and industry experts dedicated to bringing transparency to traditionally opaque industries. The Job We're seeking a skilled Developer to join our growing engineering team and help build the backbone of our industry-disrupting analytics platforms. You’ll be responsible for developing robust, scalable software systems with a strong emphasis on API development, data integration, and cloud infrastructure. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and wants to grow alongside a rapidly expanding company. As we scale, you'll have the chance to shape our technical architecture, development practices, and future roadmap. We’re open to hiring across experience levels (2+ years) depending on skills and fit.Requirements • BS degree in a STEM field. 4 years+ experience in a data engineering or python development role., • In-depth understanding of backend data engineering, relational database design, ETL and ELT pipelines, building scalable near-real time data streams, batch processing, • 2+ years of experience working in Cloud Systems (GCP, AWS, Azure), • Experience with Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Dagster (in Python or Scala), • Experience with geospatial data processing tools and databases is a plus, • Experience with multiprocessing, multithreading, query optimization, and Cython is desirable., • The ability to work effectively in a team environment with remotely located staff in different time zones, demonstrating strong communication and coordination skills., • Exposure to energy, oil & gas domain is preferred., • API-first design, internal package development, and SQL database optimization, • Data pipeline development, ETL processes, and real-time streaming systems, • Performance optimization including multiprocessing, multithreading, query optimization, • GitHub Actions and advanced CI/CD pipeline developmentWhat We Offer, • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, • Significant growth opportunities as an early technical team member, • Collaborative and innovative work environment, • Fully remote role with access to Houston and London offices, • Direct impact on products used by major energy companies and government agencies, • Mentorship from experienced engineers and technical leaders, • Conference attendance and continuing education support, • Opportunity to shape engineering direction and best practicesKey Responsibilities, • Work with a team of analysts and developers to create an analytics software platform., • Automate data source API information retrieval. Integrate data from multiple sources into analytics pipelines and relational databases., • Deploy and maintain a customer facing API and documentation., • Write automated web data scrapers., • Clean, process and integrate into data stores., • Provide programming support for devops and MLops projects, data science and engineering staff., • Test, debug and deploy code into cloud microservices., • Refactor code bases to comply with standards. Profile and optimize code., • Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment automation in a continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) environment.